Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds jail for opposition figure
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a prison sentence for the head of the İstanbul branch of the country’s main opposition party,...
Turkish President Erdoğan converts another ancient Orthodox church to mosque: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular İstanbul museum to be...
Rights groups tell top European court Kavala case reflects political capture of Turkey’s judiciary
Three rights groups told the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ahead of a Wednesday hearing that imprisoned Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala’s case shows how the...
Turkish court acquits 2 human rights activists who recognized Armenian genocide
Two human rights activists from a leading rights organization in Turkey have been acquitted of insult charges against the Turkish nation and government due...
53 current and former Turkish diplomats detained, sparking fears of a repeat of May...
Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's office on Monday ordered the detention of five active-duty and 48 former diplomats over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Five protesters asking for reinstatement to job in Turkey punished by court with house...
Five protesters who are demanding reinstatement to their jobs by protesting on a street in Ankara have been sentenced to house arrest in Turkey,...
Prosecutors open new investigation into jailed İstanbul mayor over courtroom remarks
Prosecutors on Monday opened a new investigation into jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main opposition’s presidential candidate, over remarks he made during a...
‘Licence to kill’ given by Turkish gov’t to its fanatics with latest decree draws...
The new government decree released in Turkey on Sunday to provide immunity and impunity to the pro-government civilians, who allegedly struggle against controversial coup attempt...
Erdoğan faces multiple criminal complaints for calling Gezi protestors ‘sluts’
Several opposition parties have filed criminal complaints against Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who referred to the participants of mass anti-government protests in 2013...
Conscript convicted of involvement in failed coup says he has been robbed of his...
Hamza Yıldız, a young private in the Turkish military convicted of involvement in a failed coup in July 2016 and handed down nine life...
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